Santa Apolonia
A find, recorded in 1872 in Mexico · 1.3 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIIAB
Santa Apolonia ranks 40th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Only three observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 19.217° N, 98.300° W
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Pacula, 229 km to the north-west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1881). In 1872, the year Santa Apolonia entered the record, four meteorites were seen to fall: Lancé in France, Tennasilm in Estonia, Orvinio in Italy and one other.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacula | 1881 | L6 | 3.4 kg | 229 km north-west |
| 2 | San Pedro Jacuaro | 1968 | LL6 | 460 g | 254 km west |
| 3 | Rancho de la Presa | 1899 | H5 | 300 g | 273 km west |
| 4 | Acapulco | 1976 | Acapulcoite | 1.9 kg | 310 km south-west |
| 5 | Cosina | 1844 | H5 | 1.2 kg | 345 km north-west |
Santa Apolonia among other finds
In the record, 256 finds carry the label Iron, IIIAB, against 10 observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIIAB) is Cabin Creek, 1,871 km away in the United States, one of 11 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Toluca lies closest: 138 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Charcas (1.4 tonnes) and Tsarev (1.2 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Charcas | Iron, IIIAB | 1804 | 1.4 tonnes |
| 8 | Santa Apolonia | Iron, IIIAB | 1872 | 1.3 tonnes |
| 9 | Zacatecas (1792) | Iron, ungrouped | 1792 | 1 tonne |